The best jungle picks in patch 12.15 to help you with your ranked climb in LoL patch 12.15.

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Jungle is a special role in League of Legends. You don’t exactly lane, so counter picks aren’t that big of a deal, which means it is much more open to one tricking champions and nearly any champ can be played in the role. Still, playing a strong meta jungler can be the difference between winning and losing games, as there are always some champions that are head and shoulders above the rest. So if you are looking to win some games on patch 12.15, here are some of our jungle recommendations you can use.

Diana

So far in season 12, Diana has been “the” jungler in almost any patch. Not many champions can match her in clear speed, 1v1 dueling or team fights, and no other jungler can do all three of these to her level.

Despite her dominance, Riot was adamant about not nerfing her, as there weren’t too many viable AP junglers. But after her problematic Sunfire/Nashors build gained enough popularity, Diana is finally getting hit with some nerfs in patch 12.16. This doesn’t mean you missed the chance to play her to gain some LP though, as the nerfs aren’t too big and it only affects the aforementioned tanky build. If you’d like to pick up Diana you can still dominate by just going full AP, which is still more than viable.

Trundle

In the solo queue environment where tanks aren’t all that common, you would think an anti-tank champion in Trundle wouldn’t be all that good. But, you would be wrong. Trundle was and is still one of the best junglers if you are looking to play an aggressive early game and look to impact your lanes with ganks.

Pillar of Ice (E) is a great ability to gank champions without mobility as it is a guaranteed Flash at the least, and a kill most of the time. And Trundle’s early game activities don’t just have to be ganks, you can also invade a lot as he doesn’t lose too many 1v1s to other junglers. Lethal Tempo combined with Trundle’s Chomp (Q), which steals AD, means people cannot contest any early fight against you.

He also has a lot of build diversity, so no two games have to be the same. You can always go for early Tiamat to improve your clear, or you can rush Divine Sunderer to excel at dueling. And in some games where you fall behind, you can always opt into a full tank build with Frostfire Gauntlet.

Kayn

Kayn has been a staple pick for these kinds of “best to climb with” lists ever since he was introduced to League. He is a very strong skirmisher with a very fast clear, and his Shadow Step (E) makes it very hard for enemies to predict his ganks. And when you consider his ability to either become an assassin with blue form or a bruiser with Red, it doesn’t offer much counterplay to his opponents.

In the current 12.15 patch, both of Kayn’s forms are in a very good place. While Shadow Assassin was struggling a bit after the Durability Patch, Lethality buffs helped him recover a bit. But if you are looking to play Kayn, I would recommend going Rhaast in most of your games. Not only he is harder to deal with after the Grevious Wounds nerfs, but his new build with Eclipse gives him a pretty good power spike that can still one-shot enemies while keeping him in fights with the shield.

Volibear

Before patch 12.13 Volibear was the best-performing jungler in the game. After the nerfs, players thought the bear would be pushed out of the meta and wouldn’t see much play. But even with three very aggressive nerfs, it seems it wasn’t enough. Voli is still one of the better options in the jungle if you are looking for a tanky champion.

He uses all three tank Mythics really well, but we would recommend Chemtank for the speed boost that will help you chase down enemies. And you don’t even have to play Volibear as a tank, you can always go with the Divine Sunderer, especially if you can get some early kills and get ahead.

Getting early advantages isn’t that uncommon when playing Voli. He is a great 1v1 duelist with his Frenzied Maul (W) and has good ganks with his Thundering Smash (Q). And if you can manage to get one or two kills before you are six, you can snowball easily by diving side lanes with your Ultimate.

Rek’Sai

Okay, this is an unusual recommendation. Rek’Sai hasn’t gotten any buffs, the latest change to her was the Durability Patch where she got negatively affected overall. But for some reason, the Void Queen is one of the best performing junglers of the patch, to the point where she saw play in LCS.

The main reason for this is her early ganks, to be fair the whole reason is her early ganks. No jungler in the game can gank like Rek’Sai, thanks to her access to lanes with her Tunnel (Burrowed E). By using your Flash knock-up, you can guarantee early kills and snowball very easily.

Rek’Sai has a very good two-item power spike with Prowler’s Claw and Edge of Night, but she will rapidly get outscaled by nearly everyone after this point, so you should be really taking advantage of this. The best way to do it is to make sure you are getting objectives for your team.

Honorable mentions

• Fiddlesticks
• Bel’Veth
• Kha’Zix
• Master Yi
• Zac

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